Tom Birtley's Page

Unfortunately I've had to swap in a Cummins 4BT. I live in the Denver area now and found myself needing more grunt to make it to the trails up in the Rockies. The engine recently passed smog here in Colorado but had developed oil in the coolant shortly before I swapped it out. I never bothered tracking down the problem because I had already started gathering parts for the swap. Other than the leak the engine ran great and I used it as a daily driver for a while.The T-19 was professionally…See More

It is time for the first oil change on the truck. Standard SD33T with a canister filter. I found a few threads here and there about finding the correct filter and what to do once you've got it. I figured that this, combined with the old filter setup would be plenty.Of course the old filter is different, with different o-rings. The new filter, which everyone I can find (local garage, Wix website, and multiple threads) agrees is the correct one, comes with 4 o-rings (pictured below). One of the…See More